Journal Article
Financial fragility and regional economic growth
Samolyk, Katherine A.; Humes, Rebecca Wetmore (1991-09)
An examination of the potential link between local financial problems and regional economic growth, discussing how the health of the financial sector can affect economic performance when credit markets are segmented along regional lines.
Economic Commentary , Issue Sep

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Banking and the flow of funds: are banks losing market share?
Samolyk, Katherine A. (1994-09)
A look at both the reported decline in the share of nonfinancial-sector credit intermediated by banks and the consolidation of the industry into fewer, but larger, institutions, revealing that banks today account for nearly the same share of outstanding household and nonfinancial business-sector debt as they did 30 years ago.
Economic Commentary , Issue Sep

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Securitization: more than just a regulatory artifact
Samolyk, Katherine A.; Carlstrom, Charles T. (1992-05)
An exploration of the recent boom in asset-backed lending, or securitization, by both financial institutions and nonbank firms, which the authors contend is more the result of improvements in information technology than a response to the regulatory costs of traditional bank funding.
Economic Commentary , Issue May

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The M2 slowdown and depository intermediation: implications for monetary policy
Samolyk, Katherine A.; Carlson, John B. (1992-09)
An examination of credit flow rechanneling away from depository institutions over the past decade in response to evolving financial markets and regulatory structure, and a discussion of how this trend has complicated monetary policymaking.
Economic Commentary , Issue Sep

Journal Article
Is household debt inhibiting the recovery?
Altig, David E.; Samolyk, Katherine A.; Byrne, Susan M. (1992-02)
An examination of the pattern of household debt and asset levels in a historical context, whose results cast doubt on the presumption that heavy consumer debt loads incurred during the 1980s are the cause of the economy's current sluggishness.
Economic Commentary , Issue Feb

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Does small business need a financial fix?
Samolyk, Katherine A.; Humes, Rebecca Wetmore (1993-05)
An evaluation of several proposals that would promote additional lending to the small business sector, some through direct government intervention and others by changing existing regulations to promote the market's allocation of credit. The authors argue that market-oriented initiatives are the preferred approach for improving a small-business credit crunch.
Economic Commentary , Issue May

Journal Article
Increasing national saving: are IRAs the answer?
Samolyk, Katherine A.; Altig, David E. (1991-09)
An argument that curtailing deductions for personal interest expense would be a more effective strategy for increasing national saving.
Economic Commentary , Issue Sep

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In search of the elusive credit view: testing for a credit channel in modern Great Britain
Samolyk, Katherine A. (1990-04)
An examination of the credit performance of the financial sector in the modern British economy, showing that problems in credit markets associated with debt and default/liquidation can disrupt the production of real financial services necessary to channel funds to efficient investment opportunities.
Economic Review , Volume 26 , Issue Q II , Pages 16-28

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The short-run dynamics of long-run inflation policy
Samolyk, Katherine A.; Gavin, William T.; Carlson, John B. (1990-07)
An examination of the short- and long-term implications of an inflation policy on real output, using a method that allows structural interpretation of a simple VAR applied to a macroeconomic system that includes real output and inflation.
Economic Review , Volume 26 , Issue Q III , Pages 26-35

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A regional perspective on the credit view
Samolyk, Katherine A. (1991-04)
An explanation of how regional credit-market performance can affect local economic activity, showing how imbalances in financial capacity across regions cause capital-poor regions to be underfunded. This reduced financial capacity is related to economic activity in states that are experiencing low growth.
Economic Review , Volume 27 , Issue Q II , Pages 27-38